I Opened an Illegal Animal Hospital in Another World - Chapter 94

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Chapter 21. The Right to Revenge (1)

“It’s okay now. You can open your eyes.”

I opened my tightly shut eyes with a start. I could see Renate’s pretty purple eyes. Renate was holding me, and his face, which had been rigid with tension, relaxed slightly when he saw me.

This is it. This is how it should be.

Finally feeling relieved, I hugged Renate tightly, and he let out a small breath as if troubled, then gently patted my shoulder. I felt like I might cry a little.

“You’re anxious, aren’t you? I’m sorry, I’ll get you out of here soon…”

“What are you sorry for? Is this something Renat did?”

That would be quite surprising. Renat snorted derisively. His expression said, “What nonsense are you talking about?”

“Roughly. It seems like the underground tunnels beneath the capital.”

It was too dark to see the surroundings properly, but there was a musty smell. It was a smell that made me miss Ron.

“The scent remains. I think we can follow it.”

“If Evelyn had been here, she wouldn’t have let me hold you like this.”

“Are we the only ones here?”

“If Evelyn had been there, she never would have let him embrace you.”

“Ah, this is my chance! Renat, come here!”

I should take full advantage of this moment and hug to my heart’s content! Like a child acting spoiled with their parents, I pressed my head against Renart’s chest and shook it back and forth playfully.

“What’s the point of worrying about something that’s already happened? If they wanted to kill me, they would have done it already instead of moving me somewhere…”

“Bailey said that too…”

He said how fortunate it was that I was careful because of my weak body, and that if I had inherited Father’s talent for swordsmanship, I would have already become a moth and burned to death. I agreed with him to some extent.

Renate clicked his tongue.

“You’re excessively fearless.”

Renart clicked his tongue.

“You’re too fearless.”

“I already can’t heal myself or run fast, so if I were a coward on top of that, I’d be way too much of a burden. This level is just right.”

Isn’t this better than being so scared and tense that you can’t even move?

“He was still in place until the afternoon. Still unconscious. In the brief moment Lili looked away, he disappeared without a trace along with his caregiver.”

“Who knows. So Lili urgently called Jake, and Jake came to find me. He probably thought the patient might have regained consciousness and gone to the pack. Since I was protecting him. But all the people who should have been at the hideout had completely disappeared too.”

Renat muttered quietly. I looked at him, but he didn’t seem inclined to elaborate. I changed the subject.

“You did send Jake to find the patient, right?”

“He was still there until the afternoon. Still unconscious. But when Lily looked away for just a moment, he vanished without a trace along with his caregiver.”

“Did the caregiver take them away?”

“Well. So Lily urgently called Jake, and Jake came looking for me. He probably thought I might have regained consciousness and gone to the pack. Since I was protecting them. But it turns out everyone who should have been at the hideout had completely disappeared too.”

“…Did it really heal completely and disappear?”

But then how did they have Maria’s handkerchief?

Unsolved mysteries tangled and twisted together, making my mind feel complicated.

It stirred up anxiety by giving off nothing more than a vague premonition—something that seemed insubstantial yet couldn’t be ignored. When someone said they were targeting me, it wasn’t particularly frightening, but when I think of Maria, my heart feels like it’s burning up.

“Ah, so those people were from the monkey tribe.”

“I only did the treatment. They didn’t open their hearts to me that much.”

Even if they weren’t from Ron’s orphanage, beastmen from Rierem tended to trust me, but the beastmen that Renate or Ron brought didn’t trust me very much. The moment they realized I was human, they hid their tails or ears and shut their mouths.

At first I was a little hurt, but when I thought about who had made them that way, feeling hurt about it seemed more shameless.

I’m sorry for being human…

“This won’t do. Shana, get on my back.”

Even if they weren’t from Ron’s orphanage, beastfolk from Liarem tended to trust me, but the beastfolk that Renat or Ron brought didn’t trust me much. The moment they realized I was human, they hid their tails and ears and shut their mouths.

At first I felt a little hurt, but when I thought about who had made them that way, feeling hurt about it seemed more shameless.

I’m sorry for being human….

“This won’t work. Shana, get on my back.”

“I’m sorry….”

I’m sorry for being weak… I’m sorry for being weak…

Renart transformed into a white wolf before I could even answer. The tall man disappeared, and in his place stood a wolf with dazzling white fur.

“No matter how many times I look at it, it’s amazing…”

It was breathtaking. If it had been brighter, I could have seen it better. But the dark backdrop was cool too. If you could ignore the smell, it looked like a charismatic wallpaper photo overflowing with presence.

If he painted it and hung it up, evil spirits and bad luck would surely flee. He had said he wanted a portrait, but only got scolded for talking nonsense.

Mingling with the gray wolf pack, I learned that wolves and dogs are definitely different. First of all, their size was different.

‘Then is Evelyn also closer to a wolf than a dog…?’

Renart was about 1.3 times larger than Evelyn. It felt like the difference between a cow and a dog, and though I’d never seen a real wolf in my previous life, I imagine he was probably even bigger than that.

Dazzling white fur covered its entire body abundantly, and its thick paws and neck, long snout, and sharp eyes looked majestic.

“She’d definitely get mad if I hugged her tight….”

Renate looked at me coldly, then pushed around my waist area with his long snout. I guess he meant for me to stop talking nonsense and get on.

“You don’t usually show it off much either…”

He just glared at me coldly as if I were a pervert. Of course, I could have been satisfied hugging and nuzzling the other children or Evelyn, but Renate’s white fur was special. The shine was different…

Besides, Renate had never once let me smell his paw pads! How petty! What’s there to be embarrassed about between us!

Renate wouldn’t listen to any more of my nonsense and knocked me over by tapping my knee with his nose as if annoyed. Then he quickly came under me and made me climb onto his back. I instinctively grabbed his fur tightly, afraid I might fall, and as if that was a signal, he raised his body that had been crouched low.

My legs lifted off the ground in an instant, and I buried my face in his fur and held my breath.

If I breathe… fur will… get in my nose…!

I only breathed when I absolutely had to. Renate, who was running like the wind, would occasionally stop and sniff around. I sniffed along with him, but nearly fainted from the stinging sewer smell that hit my nose. Should I just purify it all…

‘If I do that, I might erase the scent Renate is tracking too, so let’s endure it…’

I had to find that person and ask about Maria’s whereabouts no matter what.

How much time had passed? Renate stopped and buried his nose in the ground, sniffing, then raised his head to smell the air. Since his sense of smell was more sensitive than mine, he must have been feeling this nose-stinging sewer smell dozens of times stronger, yet he seemed perfectly fine.

Amazing. Admirable.

Renate bent his legs and sat down. I rolled off his back. Renate, who immediately transformed back into human form, spoke.

“Stay back, Shana.”

“Okay!”

Don’t be, a burden! Running away, avoiding, not hesitating when told to get lost – that was my assignment. Trivial but important.

Large ears poked up between Renate’s white hair. A fluffy tail was also visible. It meant he didn’t even have the luxury to hide his ears and tail.

Renate steadied his breathing, then used his left foot as an axis to kick the wall in a spinning motion. The sound of foot meeting stone was unbelievable.

“Wow…”

The stone wall of the underground passage crumbled as if it were made of styrofoam. The class of breaking through a wall with a single kick…

Light leaked through from beyond the collapsed wall debris. From the way it flickered, it seemed to be torchlight.

Could I go closer… It was clear someone was inside, but I briefly wondered if I should stay away to avoid interfering with Renate. However, Renate gestured to me as if asking what I was doing.

“Don’t stay alone. It’s easier to protect you when you’re close. We don’t know what might come from where.”

“Okay!”

I should become like gum. I stuck close behind Renate. This is the survival method of the weak. The remora fish strategy.

“Don’t come any closer!”

As soon as I took one step forward, a man’s voice burst out in desperation.

The man I had rescued from the auction house was standing on his own two feet. Around him were about six more people, definitely those I had treated last winter. I hadn’t seen them since then though.

There was the woman with the severed arm, the man with the severed leg, and even the child who had lost one eye. I couldn’t make severed parts grow back, but their complexions looked good, which was reassuring.

Renate spoke to one of them.

“Peti, what’s going on here? Explain!”

“I’m sorry, Lord Renate.”

“What is that? What are you trying to do here?”

Renate growled.

Just as I was relieved that the man had regained consciousness, I also noticed they were holding something. That couldn’t be… No way? It couldn’t be, right? Renate grabbed me with one arm as I stood behind him and said.

“I’m asking what you’re planning to do with that bomb.”

Geez, it really was a bomb!

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